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Softball tourney time in West Virginia

WEIRTON - The Oak Glen softball team is set to defend its West Virginia Class AA state title from last season this week as the postseason is set to get underway. The tournament seeding and pairings were announced Thursday. The higher seed will host all the games in the regional tournaments with all of the tournaments being double elimination. The two Hancock County schools are the top two seeds in the Class AA Region 1 Tournament with Weir being the No. 1 seed, while Oak Glen is the No. 2 seed. The Red Riders and the Golden Bears are in different brackets giving each local team a ...

Prep Roundups

PITTSBURGH - The Weir High baseball team got the exciting opportunity to play at PNC Park on Saturday afternoon. The Red Riders took on Grove City at the home of the Pirates. Weir fell behind early, but battled to tie the game at 2-2 in the fifth inning. Grove City, however, battled back ...

Edwards lifts Big Red in extras

STEUBENVILLE - Sadie Edwards finished what she started for the Steubenville softball team. Edwards singled in the game's first run, and she followed that up by launching a two-run home run over the fence with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning lifting Steubenville to an 11-9 victory against Canfield Saturday afternoon up at the Crimson Complex. "It was a great game," first-year Big Red (13-7) head coach April Minniefield said. "It was well played by both teams. Our girls fought. They never gave up. They persevered, and we came out as the winners." The home run was the second ...

Weir gets bats going again, holds off Creek

WINTERSVILLE — A day after getting shut down in the OVAC championship, the Weir High softball team’s heated back up. The Red Riders bounced back with a 14-7 victory on the road at Indian Creek for a season sweep of the Redskins, and pounded out 14 hits in the process a day after being held to just one. “After 16 strikeouts (Thursday) it was really good to see us put the bat on the ball and score some runs,” Weir head coach John Leary said. “I think mentally, confidence wise, that was good for us.” Bella Weber started in the circle and went the distance for the Red ...

Edison comes one swing short against Ferry

RICHMOND - One swing of the bat changed the outcome of the game. Trailing Edison 1-0 in the top of the fifth inning, Martins Ferry standout shortstop Giana Chirpas launched a two-run home run over the fence in left field lifting the Purple Riders to a 2-1 victory against the Wildcats Friday evening out at the Edison Unified Sports Complex. "That was not a real good coaching decision on my part," Edison (16-10) head coach McKenzie Morrison said. "I should have intentionally walked her. Giana is a great player. I had the honor of coaching her last year in an underclassmen tournament. ...

Madonna wins at PNC Park

PITTSBURGH — The Madonna baseball team had a memorable Friday afternoon. The Blue Dons took a trip up Route 22 and competed at PNC Park, the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and came away with a walk-off win. Madonna defeated Charters-Houston, 5-4, on Maddox Bowen’s walk-off single in ...